2018
Local adaptation in European populations affected the genetics of psychiatric disorders and behavioral traits
Polimanti R, Kayser MH, Gelernter J. Local adaptation in European populations affected the genetics of psychiatric disorders and behavioral traits. Genome Medicine 2018, 10: 24. PMID: 29580271, PMCID: PMC5870256, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-018-0532-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal adaptationPathogen diversityEuropean populationsBehavioral traitsGenome-wide investigationGenome-wide dataPolygenic risk score analysisProtozoan diversityWinter minimum temperaturesGenetic diversityEvolutionary mechanismsPositive selectionWidespread signalMolecular mechanismsTop findingsRisk score analysisDiversityTraitsCommon variationBehavioral phenotypesAdaptationGeneticsPopulationPhenotypeMechanism
2015
Ancestry informative markers for distinguishing between Thai populations based on genome-wide association datasets
Vongpaisarnsin K, Listman JB, Malison RT, Gelernter J. Ancestry informative markers for distinguishing between Thai populations based on genome-wide association datasets. Legal Medicine 2015, 17: 245-250. PMID: 25759192, PMCID: PMC4480199, DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2015.02.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesAncestry informative markersAssociation studiesGenome-wide association datasetInformative markersGenetic structureHapMap populationsSNP dataInternational HapMap databaseSuch SNPsEast Asian populationsHapMap databaseSNPsMarkersPopulationDiversityAsian populationsEfficient strategyThai population
2010
Identification of population substructure among Jews using STR markers and dependence on reference populations included
Listman JB, Hasin D, Kranzler HR, Malison RT, Mutirangura A, Sughondhabirom A, Aharonovich E, Spivak B, Gelernter J. Identification of population substructure among Jews using STR markers and dependence on reference populations included. BMC Genomic Data 2010, 11: 48. PMID: 20546593, PMCID: PMC2896335, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-11-48.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociation studiesPopulation substructureGenetic historyPopulation genetic historyMajor continental populationsSTR markersFuture genetic studiesProportion of ancestryChromosomal dataContinental populationsMitochondrial DNAPopulation structureParental populationsMarker choiceRelated populationsGenetic signaturesGenetic studiesAutosomal STR markersGenetic componentSTR panelNon-Ashkenazi Jewish populationsAsian clusterPopulation informationFuture investigationsPopulation
2009
A sequencing‐based survey of functional APAF1 alleles in a large sample of individuals with affective illness and population controls
Amin Z, Kanarek K, Krupitsky E, Walderhaug E, Ilomäki R, Blumberg H, Price LH, Bhagwagar Z, Carpenter LL, Tyrka AR, Magnusson A, Landrø NI, Zvartau E, Gelernter J, Epperson CN, Räsänen P, Siironen J, Lappalainen J. A sequencing‐based survey of functional APAF1 alleles in a large sample of individuals with affective illness and population controls. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2009, 153B: 332-335. PMID: 19455599, PMCID: PMC3580167, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30984.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Interpopulation linkage disequilibrium patterns of GABRA2 and GABRG1 genes at the GABA cluster locus on human chromosome 4
Ittiwut C, Listman J, Mutirangura A, Malison R, Covault J, Kranzler HR, Sughondhabirom A, Thavichachart N, Gelernter J. Interpopulation linkage disequilibrium patterns of GABRA2 and GABRG1 genes at the GABA cluster locus on human chromosome 4. Genomics 2007, 91: 61-69. PMID: 17976953, PMCID: PMC2709929, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2007.08.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLinkage disequilibrium patternsDisequilibrium patternsHuman chromosome 4Intergenic distancesIntergenic regionHaplotype block structureChromosome 4Haplotype structureLD blocksFunctional variantsGamma 1 subunitChromosome 4pHigh LDGABRA2 locusGenetic associationGenesLociDifferent populationsAlpha 2GABRA2KbSubunitsPopulationReported associationsGABRG1
2006
Mutation screen of the GAD2 gene and association study of alcoholism in three populations
Lappalainen J, Krupitsky E, Kranzler HR, Luo X, Remizov M, Pchelina S, Taraskina A, Zvartau E, Räsanen P, Makikyro T, Somberg LK, Krystal JH, Stein MB, Gelernter J. Mutation screen of the GAD2 gene and association study of alcoholism in three populations. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2006, 144B: 183-192. PMID: 17034009, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30377.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAlcoholismBlack or African AmericanCase-Control StudiesDNA Mutational AnalysisExonsFemaleGene FrequencyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TestingGlutamate DecarboxylaseHispanic or LatinoHumansIsoenzymesLinkage DisequilibriumMaleMutationPolymorphism, Single NucleotideStudentsUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGAD2 geneNon-synonymous polymorphismsAssociation studiesSequence variantsGamma-amino butyric acidGlutamate decarboxylase 2GenesMutation screenNucleotide polymorphismsAdditional populationsMajor enzymeG single nucleotide polymorphismPolymorphismG variantButyric acidPopulationVariantsEnzymeAdditional samplesRoleRussian malesVariationScreenDHPLC
2000
Functional variants at CYP2A6: New genotyping methods, population genetics, and relevance to studies of tobacco dependence
Zabetian C, Gelernter J, Cubells J. Functional variants at CYP2A6: New genotyping methods, population genetics, and relevance to studies of tobacco dependence. American Journal Of Medical Genetics 2000, 96: 638-645. PMID: 11054771, DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20001009)96:5<638::aid-ajmg9>3.0.co;2-r.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAryl Hydrocarbon HydroxylasesBase SequenceCytochrome P-450 CYP2A6Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemDNAGene FrequencyGenetic VariationGenetics, PopulationGenotypeHumansMixed Function OxygenasesPolymorphism, GeneticSequence Analysis, DNASequence Homology, Nucleic AcidTobacco Use DisorderConceptsTobacco dependenceMetabolism of nicotineCYP2A6CYP2A6 allelesGenotype resultsNull variantsPopulation studiesLow allele frequenciesRestriction enzyme digestionGenetic association studiesPredominant enzymeFunctional variantsExon 4Future genetic association studiesNew genotyping methodAllele frequenciesEuropean populationsExon 3Population
1999
Population studies of polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter protein gene
Gelernter J, Cubells JF, Kidd JR, Pakstis AJ, Kidd KK. Population studies of polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter protein gene. American Journal Of Medical Genetics 1999, 88: 61-66. PMID: 10050969, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19990205)88:1<61::aid-ajmg11>3.0.co;2-k.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAllele frequency variationImportant genetic variationTransporter protein geneSerotonin transporter protein geneProtein lociGenetic variationProtein geneAssociation studiesFunctional significancePopulation stratificationDepression-related phenotypesAllele frequenciesHaplotype frequenciesLociPolymorphismSLC6A4 polymorphismsGenesGlobal variationVNTR polymorphismPhenotypeDisequilibriumPopulationVariationPromoter polymorphismPopulation studies